We, the heads of the Catholic Churches in Denmark, Finland, Island, Norway and Sweden, support the recent ecumenical Statement of the heads of the Churches in the Holy Land «concerning the systematic campaign against the Churches and the Christian community, in flagrant violation of the existing Status Quo».
We encourage our governments to commit themselves to oppose all discrimination. We ask our ecclesial communities to encourage their members to pray and to take action that can promote a just peace for all.
Turku, 01-03-2018
Bishop Czeslaw Kozon, Copenhagen, President of the Bishops’ Conference
Cardinal Anders Arborelius, OCD, Stockholm
Bishop Bernt Eidsvig, Can.Reg, Oslo and Trondheim
Bishop Teemu Sippo, SCJ, Helsinki
Bishop David Tencer, OFMCap, Reykjavik
Bishop Prelate Berislav Grgic, Tromsø
Bishop Peter Bürcher, Bischof em. Reykjavik